(Newswire.net — December 9, 2014) — As the long-anticipated report on ‘enhanced interrogation techniques’ which should shed a light on alleged tortures of the prisoners, which the government approved, the former two-term United States president, defended the concept on CNN.
“We’re fortunate to have men and women who work hard at the CIA serving on our behalf,” George W. Bush told CNN’s Candy Crowley for an interview on the ‘State of the Union’ television program that aired Sunday.
“These are patriots and whatever the report says, if it diminishes their contributions to our country, it is way off base,” G.W. Bush said.
Reportedly, the report reveals horrifying details about the CIA detention and interrogation program implying that CIA breaks international laws on human rights.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-California), a chair of the intelligence panel, said CIA undermined, “societal and constitutional values that we are very proud of” through the use of tactics like waterboarding and sleep deprivation, according to RT report.
The New York Times, however, quoted an anonymous high official source that allegedly said, “We’re going to want to stand behind these guys [CIA agents],” once the report is released.
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Michigan), the chair of the House Intelligence Committee, told CNN over the weekend regarding the report’s release, “Foreign partners are telling us this will cause violence and deaths. Our own intelligence community has assessed that this will cause violence and deaths.”
According to CNN, Secretary of State John Kerry’s call to Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein last Friday surfaced administration tensions over the coming torture report detailing Bush-era CIA interrogation tactics.
Referring to reports of a phone call between Kerry and Feinstein about ‘wrong timing’ the RT News asked Jen Psaki for comment on the issue.
“Kerry re-iterated his support to release the report, but he re-iterated that the timing is Feinstein’s choice. And he wanted to know more about foreign policy implications of the release of the report. Obviously the ISIL threat, and the impact the release would have on that and other situations,” Psaki told RT.
Following three years of work and months of debate in Washington, the executive summary of the $40 million report is expected to be made pubic as early as this week.